845S Mainboard Series 845S Mainboard Series User`s Manual
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1. Pinl Pin3 2 5 5 WOL Wake On LAN Connector Connector CN16 Type 3 pin The mainboard has a WOL Wake On LAN connector This connector must be connected to a LAN card that has Wake On LAN WOL output It powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card In order to use the WOL LAN card to trigger the power on the PC system the switching power supply must have the ability to provide a driving current of at least 720 mA and be connected to a 5V standby voltage 845S AV MAINBOARD w Hardware Installation Top View of a WOL Connector Front View of a WOL Connector 5V SB VOL 2 5 6 CD IN AUX IN VIDEO IN Connector Connector CN21 CD IN CN44 VIDEO IN CN45 AUX IN Type 4 pin un housed This mainboard has one CD IN connector AUX IN connector The CD IN con nector is used to connect the CD ROM audio out and allows the system to re ceive audio input from the CD ROM The AUX IN connector allows the system to receive signals from other audio devices like a radio or tape The VIDEO IN connector allows you to receive signals from devices like TV tuners Video ma chines and Video cameras Top View of a CD AUX IN amp VIDEO IN Connector Left Channel CD AUXMIDEO IN Ground Ground Right Channel CD AUXMDEO IN 2 5 7 USB Connectors U2. Connector Connector CN 18 Type 15 pin female The Game MIDI port connector is a dual purpose connector It can either be used to connect a joystick to the computer for game participation or it can be used to attach an external MIDI device All these motherboards SPK OUT LINE IN MIC IN have 3D audio interfaces onboard 2 9 Jumper Settings Jumpers are built on the mainboard to allow the user flexibility to configure the mainboard settings to meet their specific requirements When there is no jumper cap inserted into the jumper it is called OPEN When a cap is inserted into the jumper it is known as a SHORT Next page is an example of a short setting on a jumper 845S AV MAINBOARD vw Hardware Installation Two Pin J umpers Three Pin J umpers PIN 1 2 3 p Open Short SHORT PIN 1 PIN 2 PI N2 PIN 3 2 9 1 JP1 Keyboard Mouse Power On Type 3 pin Default Pin 1 and Pin 2 short This jumper allows you to power on your system using your mouse or keyboard If you short Pin 1 and Pin 2 then the Keyboard Mouse Power On function will be disabled If Pin 2 and Pin 3 are short then the Keyboard Mouse Power On function will be enabled If you choose to enable this option then you need to enable the POWER ON field in the Integrated Peripherals Menu of the BIOS setup 2 9 2 JP2 CPU FSB Clock Selection Type 3 pin Default Pin 1 and Pin 2 short This jumper allows you to select the CPU FSB Clock speed If P
3. Connectors Connector CN13 FAN1 CN17 FAN2 CN27 FAN3 Type 3 pin The cooling fans must be connected to their respective power connectors If you have installed the hardware monitoring feature you will be able to monitor the rotating speed of the CPU cooling fan in your Windows operating system Top View of a Fan Connector Front View of a Fan Connector HWV DC 845S AV MAINBOARD s Hardware Installation ATX Power Supply Connector 2 5 4 ATX Power Supply Connectors Connector CN15 A CN15 B CN15 D Type 2x10 2x2 1x4 The mainboard comes with three onboard power supply connectors labeled CN15 A CN15 B and CN15 D CN15 A and CN15 B are regular ATX power supply connectors The auxiliary power supply connector CN15 D is for a 12V and 5V power supply These increased power supplies are necessary to provide extra power for the slot The ATX 12V power supplies are all downward compatible with standard ATX power supplies Plug in CN15 D as long as you find out your power supply without ATX12 CN15 B connection Otherwise it is no necessary to use Pin 11 CN15 D AUX12V ATX12V Power Supply Connector Auxiliary Power Supply Connector L
4. Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 98 IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some display cards are non standard VGA card such as graphics accelerator or MPEG Card which may not display color properly on your screen Enable the setting in this field may correct this problem Leave it Disabled as the default setting shown above if you are using the normal display card 845S AV MAINBOARD s Managing the PC BI OS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Item Help Current CPU Temperature 22 C 71 F Current FAN1 Speed 4821 RPM Menu Level Current FAN2 Speed 0 RPM Current FAN3 Speed 0 RPM VccCore V 1 74 V 2 5 V 2 51 V 3 3 V 3 10 V 35 Ww 4 75 V t 12V 12 09 V 12V 12 11 V VBAT V 3 23 V 5VSB V 5 26 V Shutdown Temperature Disabled The PC Health Status menu allows you to monitor the health status of your PC system You can select a field of interest and monitor it s status CPU Warning Temperature This field allows you to select an operating temperature range for your CPU If the CPU temperature moves out of this range any warning mechanism you have programmed into your system will be activated Current CPU
5. Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PNP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit lt T J gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Change Set Disable Password The SUPERVISOR PASSWORD is for you to control unauthorized access to your BIOS CMOS Setup or Booting into the your PC system The Supervisor Password option is used together with the Security Option in section 3 4 When Setup is selected in the Security Option If you want to change any BIOS setting you will have to key in the Supervisor Password so that you can start the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility and change the system setting When System is selected in Security Option Whenever you turn on the PC it will request the user to enter the Password in order to boot up your system Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the operating system will not be loaded 845S AV MAINBOARD s Managing the PC BI OS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password gt Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PNP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit T 15 Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Cha
6. capacity all have 80 tracks Very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives so we therefore recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time Boot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots This field is toggled between On or Off When it is on the numeric keypad generates num bers instead of controlling the cursor operations Gate A20 Option Gate A20 is a signal that gives the system access to addresses higher than A19 If you select Fast the chipset will control this signal If you select normal a pin in the keyboard controller will control the signal Typematic Rate Setting The keyboard controller determines the rate at which the keystrokes from the keyboard are repeated If you enable this option then the typematic rate and the typematic delay can be selected Typematic Rate This is the rate a character will repeat itself on the screen when you hold down a key 845S AV MAINBOARD w Managing the PC BI OS Typematic Delay This is the delay time Msec before the repetition of characters starts Security Option This field allows you to select the Setup or System security option It works concurrently with the Set Supervisor Password in the main menu When the Setup option is selected you will be prompted to enter your Password before you can start the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility When you select System option you will be prompted to enter your password in ord
7. devices such as Floppy Drive Hard Drive CD ROM etc Boot Other Device When this field is enabled you will be able Boot your computer from a another device not your HDD or FDD 845S AV MAINBOARD s Managing the PC BI OS Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Menu Level First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Allows you to choose Third Boot Device CDROM the VIRUS warning Boot Other Device Enabled feature for IDE Hard Swap Floppy Drive Disabled disk boot sector Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled protection If this Boot Up NumLock Status On function is enabled Gate A20 Option Fast and someone attempts to Typematic Rate Setting Disabled write data into this X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 area BIOS will show X Typematic Delay Msec 250 a warning message on Security Option Setup screen and alarm beep OS Select For DRAM gt 64 MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Report No FDD For WIN 95 No Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives When Enabled is selected physical drive B is assigned to logical drive A and physical drive A is assigned to logical drive B Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB
8. for these fans 4 Read back capability that displays temperature voltage and fan speed 1 4 1 Hardware Monitoring System Utility The mainboard comes with the Hardware Monitoring System utility contained on the CD It is capable of monitoring the system s hardware conditions such as the temperature of the processor voltage and the speed of both the CPU and chassis fans You are allowed to manually set a range to the items being monitored We recommend that you use the Default Settings which are the ideal settings that will maintain the system in a good working condition 1 4 2 Installation To install this utility please insert the CD into the CD ROM drive The auto run screen Driver Utility will automatically appear Click the Hardware Monitoring button choose the chipset model number and the OS that is installed Please refer to the CD Readme file for further installation instructions Note Only use this utility in Windows operating systems 1 5 System Intelligence Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By Power Button field of the Power Management Setup this switch allows the system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on at a set date and time Wake On LAN Ready The Wake On LAN function allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC Your LAN c
9. the BIOS before you can run your PC The EEPROM on the mainboard stores the AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility which allows you to configure your system When you want to configure or make any changes to the configuration of your system BIOS you must run the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility GETTI NG STARTED Every time you start your computer the system provides you with an opportu nity to run the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility As soon as you turn on your system press the Delete button to activate the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility If your computer finishes the POST Power On Self Test the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility will not be activated If your computer completes the POST you need to restart the system to activate the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility To restart the system you can either turn the power off press the reset button on your chassis or press the lt Ctrl gt Alt Delete button In all three cases the system will restart and to activate the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility you must im mediately press the Delete button Once you have called up the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password gt Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PNP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving PC Health
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11. 845S Mai nboard Seri es User s Manual SOCKET 478 SDR ATX Mai nboard 845S AV Version 3 x UM 845S AV E2 Rev 3 0V Creation Date 31December 2002 User s Notice Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright No part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation adaptation without prior written permission from the copyright holders This publication is provided for informa tional purposes only The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this manual and spe cifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document The manufac turer reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without prior notice 2001 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS Windows 95 and Windows 98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel Pentium 4 is a registered trademark of Intel corporation Phoenix Award is the registered trade mark of Phoenix Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing in this publication are the properties of their respective holders Package Checklist This package contains the following items e Mainboard Users manual One IDE cable One 34
12. Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PNP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit lt T J gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Load Optimal Settings except Standard CMOS SETUP There is CMOS memory on the mainboard that can be used to store the sys tem settings If you don t know how to use the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility to select the settings you may use this field to load the optimized defaults which are defined in the system BIOS Our engineer recommends the Opti mized Defaults If this option is selected it will give a series of parameters that will ensure the reliability and performance of your PC If you lose your CMOS data or you don t know how to complete the setup pro cedure you may use this option to load the Optimized default values from the BIOS default table If the CMOS data is corrupted or if you selected some CMOS settings and find that the PC system becomes very unstable you should try to load the opti mized default values first and then re configure the BIOS 845S AV MAINBOARD vw Managing the PC BI OS 3 12 Set Supervisor Password Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features
13. L Wake On Lan connector that enables it to be woken up from a soft off power state when it receives a signal from the LAN Other onboard connectors include Aux IN Video IN and CD IN connectors 1 2 2 Mainboard Dimensions Width 305 mm Length 200 mm 1 2 3 Environmental Limitations Operating Temperature 10 C to 40 C 50 F to 104 F Required Airflow 50 linear feet per minute across the CPU Storage Temperature 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 158 F Humidity 0 to 90 non condensing Altitude 0 to 10 000 feet 1 3 Features and Specifications Processor The 845S AV mainboard supports Socket 478 Intel Pentium 4 CPUs Chipset Northbridge Core Chipset Intel RG82845 Southbridge Core Chipset Intel FW82801BA 1 O Chipset Winbond W83627HF AW 845S AV MAINBOARD vw Introduction CPU Switching Voltage regulator This mainboard is equipped with a switching voltage regulator that automatically detects a DC power supply from 1 10V to 1 85V System Memory The mainboard has three 168 pin DIMM modules onboard These modules are able to support 3 3V PC 133 SDR SDRAM modules A maximum memory of 3GB is supported Expansion Slots The 845S AV mainboard are equipped with six dedicated PCI slots and one 1 5V 1x 2x 4x AGP slot Onboard Audio Features Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D and AC97 Full Duplex Word Size e Data Path 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit 64 bit Address Path 32 bit Front Side Bus Frequ
14. OS Setup the func tion of PW will be A When the system power is OFF press this switch the system will power on B When system power is ON you can select two different modes Mode 1 Press and hold the Power ON button for less than 4 seconds and then release it The system will be turned into Suspend mode turned into the GREEN mode When the system is in the Suspend mode a Press the Power on button less than 4 seconds the system will return to Full ON mode a Press and hold the Power On Button for more than 4 seconds the system will be powered off Mode 2 Press and hold the Power ON button for more than 4 seconds the system will be completely powered off Option 2 If you choose Instant OFF n the BIOS CMOS Setup the power switch will operate like a normal ON OFF Power button 2 6 2 HL HDD LED Connector Any read and write activity by the HDD will turn this LED on 2 6 3 RS Reset Button Connector If you connect this connector you will be able to reset you computer by press ing the reset button at the front of the chassis 845S AV MAINBOARD w Hardware Installation 2 7 Speaker and Power LED Connectors 230 Speaker Connector SPEAKER O 4 5VDC Speaker Speaker Speaker Connect your chassis speaker to this Sigal Sig Signal four pin connector It allows you to hear systems beeps and warnings PIN1 sound 2 7 2 Front Panel Power LED PIN 1 The chassis Power LED connector can be connec
15. PU Memory and Expansion Slots eere esee enne 13 2 4 1 Installation of the CPU 42 13 2 4 2 Memory Modul s eroe Dni hip ERE aperia E 13 VE HUM d E E 14 2 4 4 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 14 2 5 Internal Connectors leeeeeeeeieee eene nennen nnne iin rna rai 15 2 5 1 Floppy Disk Drive FDD 2 2 cerent tBn nnn nte neret nn rti 15 2 5 2 Primary and Secondary IDE Connectors eeen 15 2 5 3 CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors E LO 2 5 4 ATX Power Supply Connectors eene 16 2 5 5 WOL Wake On LAN Connector eese 16 2 5 6 CD Audio In AUX In Video In Connectors eeeeerrnneeennn 17 225 7 USB CONNEC OS 2 rre aea aa eet ea Eeee FP ER FEE Er EE FAAEE UATARA 17 2 6 System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors eene 18 2 6 1 PW Power On Off and External Suspend Switch Connector 18 2 6 2 IDE HDD LED COMNECION sciiscscrsicscecnsssedusvsnsssssssnssscecscansuessconsseasesass 18 2 6 3 Reset Button COnDFnector eee eoo eret rper tris 18 2 7 Speaker and Power LED Connector eese nnne 19 2 7 1 Speaker Connector cecinere ia ra Ran 19 2 7 2 Front Panel Power LED Connector coccion cidcid dada 19 845S AV MAINBOARD ws Table of Contents 2 8 External Connectors eoeeeee eiiis eiieeeesisan enean nnn
16. SB3 and USB4 Connector CN 30 USB3 CN 31 USB4 Type 5 pin This mainboard comes with 2 extra onboard USB ports Ribbon cable for these four connectors are optional These connectors allow you to connect 2 extra USB devices to the mainboard It should be noted that these USB connectors are non standard and the cable you purchase should therefore have on one side a connector which is compatible with the on board USB connector and on the other side a standard USB connector Top View of a USB Port Front View of a USB Port Ground 5V DC Ground Data Data Ground Ground 845S AV MAINBOARD w Hardware Installation 2 6 System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors RS Reset Control The following System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors 2 x 3 pins can be found at the front of the mainboard on the left hand side HL 5V DC Pull Up PW Power Control PIN 1 PW Power On Off and Sus pend Switch Connector HL HDD LED Connector A RS Reset Button Connector Top View of the System Panel and LED Connectors 2 6 1 PW Power On Off and External Suspend Switch Connector punoJs punoJs uid Jeubis The Power On Off connector has two functions It can be the Power Switch or Suspend Switch of your PC system You can either choose Delay 4 Sec or Instant OFF Please refer to the BIOS setup instructions in Chapter 3 Option 1 If you choose Delay 4 Sec In the BIOS CM
17. Status Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS T 1 gt Select Item F10 Save and Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Note BIOS software is continuously updated therefore the BIOS menus and the descrip tions that are given in this manual are for reference purposes only 845S AV MAINBOARD w gt Managing the PC BI OS Navigation Keys You will notice a legend bar at the bottom of the main menu The keys in this legend bar show you how to navigate through the setup menus The table below lists the control keys with their corresponding functions Up Arrow Moves to the previous item Down Arrow Moves to the next item Left Arrow Moves to the item on the left Right Arrow Moves to the item on the right Enter Selects the desired item F1 Displays the help screen for the selected feature Esc key Exits to the previous screen PgUp PgDn Modifies or changes the content of the highlighted item F5 Restores the previous CMOS values to the current page setup This will not restore the previous values for any other pages Loads the SETUP default values from BIOS default table only F7 the current page setup will be loaded Saves changes to the CMOS and exits the setup 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup This menu is on next page Date mm dd yy Sets your system to the date that you specifiy usually the current date The format is month day and year Press the right or left arrow key to move to the desired fi
18. Temp This field shows the current temperature for CPU Current FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 Speed This field shows you the speeds of the three cooling fans on the mainboard Vcc Core This field and the fields below it show you the current system voltage Shutdown Temperature When the system reaches a certain maximum temperature the system will automatically shutdown 845S AV MAINBOARD vw Managing the PC BI OS 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Ration 10 x Item Help Auto Detect PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Menu Level CPU Host 3V66 PCI Clock Default CPU Clock Ratio This field allows you to select the CPU clock ratio Most CPU clock ratios are fixed inside the CPU by the manufacturers that prohibit you to make any changes In this case the setting in this field will make no change to the CPU clock ratio since it locks and is automatically determined Auto Detect PCI Clk When Enabled is selected the mainboard will detect the presence of devices on PCI slots When there is no device present on some of the PCI connectors the clock on the related PCI slot will be disabled to reduce the Electro Magnetic Interference EMI Spread Spectrum When Spread Spectrum is enabled the EMI radiation on this mainboard will be reduced 845S AV MAINBOARD vw Managing the PC BI OS 3 11 Load Optimized Defaults Standard CMOS
19. USB1 USB2 Audio Game 845S AV MAINBOARD w Hardware Installation PW HL RS Installation Checklist Continued System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors Power On Off and Suspend Switch Connector HDD LED Connector Reset Button Connector Speaker and Power LED Connector PWR LED Power LED SPK Speaker Connector KB MS PWR ON CPU FSB Clock Selection Clear Password Clear CMOS 2 2 Installation Steps You need to complete the following installation steps before you use your PC Check and set the mainboard settings Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install the memory modules Install the expansion cards Connect the ribbon cables panel wires and power supply Setup the system BIOS Note Before you start installing your mainboard we strongly recommend that you use a grounded anti static mat We further recommend that you attach an anti static wrist band which is grounded at the same location as the mat to your wrist 845S AV MAINBOARD ws Hardware Installation 2 3 Expansion Cards Connectors and Jumpers E ze a mi e z JP1 KB MS PWR ON E n z 2 aa aU n E Vo z E o 5 ca i wi gt gt amp a e o ES 5 8 o xLDT Ms a 2 33 gt mo m a ao s x 2 FR za 2 an Ou o Er E lt 5 H z gt gt Za ze 8 E cI S SB See CN17 FAN2 EH e el N Son AGP Slot a
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21. able the system to detect and correct single bit errors and detect not correct double bit errors If you do not have ECC RAM then select Non ECC the default mode Memory Frequency For This field allows you to manually select the frequency of the memory modules you are using This mainboard supports both PC100 and PC133 SDR modules If you run the FSB at 533MHz the only default option for this filed is PC133 or if the FSB is at 400MHz the option for this filed can be AUTO PC 133 or PC 100 If you do not know what the frequency of your memory modules is then select auto and the system will automatically decide System BI OS Video BI OS Y Video RAM Cacheable These fields enable disable the caching of the System BIOS the Video BIOS and the Video RAM The Sysem BIOS is cached at FOOOOh FFFFFh the Video BIOS is cached at CO000h C7FFFh and the Video RAM is cached at A0000h AFFFFh All three are cached via the L2 cache If these options are en abled access to the system BIOS may speed up BUT if any other program tries to write to the memory locations specified above then the system will crash We recommend that you disable these options Note The System Video BIOS can only be cached when the System BIOS Video BIOS has been shadowed AGP Aperture Size This field selects the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cy
22. agement Video Off Method User De Enabled Item Help S1 POS ine Blank Screen Video Off In Suspend Yes gt Suspend Type Stop Grant Menu Level Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off CPU THRM Throttling 50 0 Wake On LAN Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled x Date of Month Alarm 0 x Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LPT Port Disabled ACPI function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI ACPI Suspend Type This mainboard supports one suspended state S1 POS Power On Suspend Power Management This category allows you to select the degree of power saving The choices are shown in the menu on below Power Management Min Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 1 hr Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 min Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Max Saving User Defined Video Off Method This field determines how a monitor is made blank See the table on next page 845S AV MAINBOARD s Managing the PC BI OS This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and hori V H SYNC Blank zontal synch
23. ard must support the remote wakeup function The 5V SB power source of your power supply must be at least 720mA ACPI Ready The mainboard is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving features that support OS Direct Power Management OSPM for round the clock PC operation 845S AV MAINBOARD ws Hardware Installation Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Installation Checklist The following is a checklist of all the expansion slots jumpers and connectors that should be configured on your mainboard before you can run your pc Installation Checklist Expansion Slots and Sockets CPU Slot Socket 478 CPU Slot which supports Pentium 4 DI MM Slots Three 168 pin slots that support up to 3GB of SDRAM PCI Slots Six 32 bit PCI Slots AGP Slot One Accelerated Graphics Port Slot Internal Connectors Floppy Disk Drive Primary IDE Secondary IDE CPU Fan ATX Power Supply ATX 12V Power Supply Auxiliary ATX 12V Power Supply Wake On Lan Chassis Fan 1 CD Audio In Chassis Fan 2 Universal Serial Bus 3 Universal Serial Bus 4 Video In Auxiliary In PS 2 Keyboard Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 Parallel Port Universal Serial Port 1 Universal Serial Port 2 Game Audio Port FDC IDE1 IDE2 Fan 1 ATX ATX12V AUX WOL FAN2 CD In FAN3 USB3 USBA Video IN Aux IN External Connectors PS 2 KB PS 2 MS COMI COM2 LPT
24. cles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The default is 64MB You may increase this memory when you need to have faster access for 3D graphics applications 845S AV MAINBOARD w Managing the PC BI OS 3 6 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility On Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA USB Controller USB Keyboard Support AC97 Audio Init Display First IDE HDD Block Mode POWER ON Function KB Power ON Password Hot Key Power ON Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select RxD TxD Active IRA Transmission Delay UR2 Duplex Mode Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA PWRON After PWR Fail Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ Integrated Peripherals Enabled Item Help Auto Auto Menu Level Auto Auto Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Disabled Auto AGP Enabled BUTTON ONLY ENTER Ctrl F1 Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Normal Hi Lo Enabled Half RxD2 TxD2 378 IRQ7 SPP EPP1 7 3 Off 201 330 10 On Chip Primary PCI I DE On Chip Secondary PCI IDE These two op
25. e display loading priority during System Startup I DE HDD Block Mode Block Mode is also called Block Transfer Multiple Commands or Multiple Sec tor Read Write If your IDE hard drive supports Block Mode most new drives do then this field should be enabled If this field is enabled then the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support will be deter mined automatically POWER ON Function The POWER ON Function allows you to select different ways to power on your PC System 845S AV MAINBOARD w Managing the PC BI OS KB Power ON Password When you select KB Power ON Password to power ON the PC system in the previous field you may enter your personal password into this field When you are finished you may use the password to power on your PC system If you forget your password refer to section 2 8 3 Hot Key Power On When you select Hot Key Power On to Power ON the PC System in the previous selection field you may select a set of Hot Key in this field When finished you may use the hot key combination to power on your PC System Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you want to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 These two selection fields allow you to select the I O address and correspond ing interrupts for the
26. e two selection fields allow you to select the floppy drives that are installed on your computer Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed on your com puter Diskette Drive Type of Disk Drive No diskette drive installed 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 3 1 2 inch single sided drive 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 3 1 2 inch double sided drive Floppy 3 Mode Support If you have installed a 3 5 inch high capacity floppy disk drive you need to en able this option If you have not installed one of these drives use the default setting Video This field selects the type of primary video subsystem that is on your com puter The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility will automatically detect the correct video type See next page for detailed options 845S AV MAINBOARD vw Managing the PC BI OS We Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA EGA VGA SVGA or PGA Monitor adapters p d CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters Halt On This field allows you to decide which errors detected during the Power On Self Test POST will halt the system Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory This field displays the amount of memory detected by the system du
27. eld month date year Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field Time hh mm ss Sets your system to the time you specify usually the current time The for mat is hour minute second The time format is based on the 24 hour mili tary time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the right or left arrow key to move to the desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave This mainboard supports four IDE Hard Drives These fields allow you to set your Hard Drive parameters Move the selection bar to the IDE Hard Drive you want to configure Press the ENTER key If you select AUTO the system BIOS will detect the HDD type automatically 845S AV MAINBOARD s Managing the PC BI OS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue October 30 2001 13 39 52 Time hh mm ss 7 EN enu Level IDE Primary Master QUANTUM FIREBALL PKA IDE Primary Slave Pioneer DVD ROM ATAPI Change the day month IDE Secondary Master None year and century IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 mode support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 261124K Total Memory 262144K DriveA B The mainboard can support up to two floppy disk drives Thes
28. ency FSB For a P4 Socket 478 CPU 533 400 MHz FSB 133 100 MHz QDR is supported BIOS e Award BIOS Windows 95 98 Plug and Play PnP compatible e Supports SCSI sequential boot up e Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades e Supports DMI 2 0 function Desktop Management Interface DMI The mainboard comes with DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS will automatically record different information about your system configu ration and store this information in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked soft ware is designed for easy inventory maintenance and the simplified trouble shooting of computer systems WOL Wake On LAN Port One WOL connector supports Wake On LAN functionality USB Ports USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simulta neously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals The 845S AV mainboard is equipped with four USB version 1 1 connectors USB 1 and USB 2 are exter nal connectors They can be found on the PC 99 ATX connector The other USB connectors are internal connectors and can be used to connect other USB de vices Cables for the internal connectors are sold separately 845S AV MAINBOARD ws Introduction Note The internal USB connectors CN30 and CN31 are non standard When you pur chase the cable please ensure that the connector on one side of the cable is compatible wit
29. er to load the Operating System TIP Forgot your password then clear the RTC RAM If you happen to forget your password you can use Jumper 6 JP6 to clear the password by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC Ram Please see section 2 9 3 on page 21 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Only select OS2 if you are running an OS 2 operating system with a RAM greater than 64 Mb Otherwise for all other operating systems use the default setting Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability You may enable this option if your Hard Drive supports the S M A R T tech nology Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology feature S M A R T will monitor and report your Hard Drive health status Ask your Hard Drive Vendor for further information Note Using this feature may decrease system performance Report No FDD For WIN95 If you are not using a floppy disk this option allows you to release IRQ6 To do this set this option to Yes You should then also disable the onboard FDC Controller in the Integrated Peripherals Screen 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features This menu is on next page DRAM Timing Selectable This field determines the DRAM read write timing The performance parame ters of the memory chips DRAM you have installed will determine the value in this field Do not change the value from the factory setting unless you install new memory that has a different performance rating than the original DRAMs CAS Latency Time The time delay
30. ese problems are being unable to run an MS DOS session while you are running Windows or the computer may stop responding while Windows is starting There are three possible solutions to this problem 1 Reduce the amount of memory Vcache uses to 512 MB or less by altering the Max FileCache setting in the System ini file 2 Use the System Configuration Utility to reduce the amount of memory Windows uses to 512 MB or less 3 Reduce the memory installed on your computer to 512 MB or less This problem can also occur if an Advanced Graphic Port AGP video adapter is used 2 4 3 PCI Slots The mainboard comes with three PCI slots They are located on the left hand side of the board Both PCI and PCI expansion cards may require IRQ s This mainboard complies with Plug and Play PnP specifications Whenever a PnP compliant card is added the system will automatically be configured and the IRQ s will be assigned automatically When you are inserting your PCI card make sure that the pins are correctly aligned When the pins are properly aligned with the hole s in the slot push down gently Top View of a 32 bit PCI Slot LEEEEEEL TG TG I CA Gg Gg PENOS TG TG I A LLL TL T G G 11 pins 49 pins 2 4 4 AGP Slot AGP Accelerated Graphics Port is a dedicated bus slot It operates at 66 MHz and transfers data at a rate up to 1066 MB s This allows 3D applications to run more smoothly The mainboard comes with a 1 5V AGP slot This slot
31. first and second serial ports UART Mode Select Your system may offer a variety of infrared modes on the second serial port The options are Standard HPSIR or ASKIR RxD TxD Active This field allows you to set the IR reception transmission polarity as high or low To determine which polarity is appropriate you must refer to the docu mentation for your IR peripheral This field is usually found under the Onboard Serial Port 2 option If you dis able the Onboard Serial Port 2 option then you will probably not be able to configure this field IR Transmission Delay This field allows you to Enable or Disable the IR Transmission Delay UR2 Duplex Mode This Field allows you to select the IR half or full duplex function Use IR Pins To determine the correct settings for the TxD and RxD signals of your IR pe ripheral component you need to consult the components manual 845S AV MAINBOARD vw Managing the PC BI OS Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine the I O address and the IRQ for the onboard parallel port The default settings are adequate and should not give you any problems If they do you can try to change them Parallel Port Mode This field allows you to select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes EPP Mode Select This field allows you to ch
32. h the internal USB connector and the connector on the other side of the cable is a standard USB connector Connectors e Two IDE connectors One floppy drive interface supports up to two 2 88MB floppy drives One 20 pin ATX power supply connector One 4 pin 2x2 12V ATX power supply connector One 4 pin 1x4 ATX Auxiliary power supply connector One CPU fan and two chassis fan connectors One CD audio IN connector One Video IN connector One Aux IN connector ATX Double Deck Ports PC 99 color coded connectors Two USB ports Two external DB 9 serial port connector COM 1 and COM 2 UART One SPP ECP EPP DB 25 parallel port One mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port One mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port One game MIDI port Three audio jacks speak out line in and mic in PC Bus Master I DE Controller e Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices e The 845S AV mainboard supports ATA 33 ATA 66 and ATA 100 hard drives e PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 16 6MB sec e Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer e Supports ATAPI CD ROM LS 120 and ZIP 845S AV MAINBOARD vw Introduction 1 4 System Health Monitor Functions The mainboard is capable of monitoring the following health conditions of your system 1 Processor temperature It has an overheat alarm 2 VCORE 3 3V 5V 12V 12V voltages and failure alarm 3 Processor and chassis fan speeds It has a failure alarm
33. in 1 and Pin 2 are left in the default settings pin 1 and pin 2 short then the mainboard will auto matically detect the FSB Clock speed If Pin 2 and Pin 3 are short then the FSB will be forced to be 400 MHz If all the pins are left open then the FSB will be forced to be 533MHz 2 9 3 J P6 Clear Password Type 3 pin Default Pin 1 and Pin 2 short If you forget your keyboard power on password you can use JP6 to clear it from the I O chip where it is stored To do this you must 1 Turn the system power OFF and unplug your computer 2 Insert the jumper cap on Pin 2 and Pin 3 for 3 5 seconds 3 Pull out the jumper cap and replace it on Pin 1 and Pin 2 4 Turn your PC on and run the BIOS setup program 2 9 4 JP11 Clear CMOS Type 3 pin Default Open If you have made an improper setting in the BIOS setup and your computer is not functioning or if you have forgotten your Supervisor and or User password you can use this jumper JP11 to clear the CMOS and to reconfigure your sys tem page To clear the CMOS please follow these instructions 1 Turn the system power OFF and unplug your computer 2 Insert the jumper cap on Pin 2 and Pin 3 for 3 5 seconds 3 Pull out the jumper cap and replace it on Pin 1 and Pin 2 4 Turn your PC on and run the BIOS setup program 845S AV MAINBOARD Managing the PC BI OS Chapter 3 Managing the PC BIOS Once you have installed the mainboard you still need to setup
34. in clock cycles CLKS that passes before the SDRAM starts to carry out a read command after it has been received The number of CLKs that occur before the first part of a burst transfer is completed is also determined by this field DRAM RAS to CAS Delay When the DRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are addressed sepa rately This setup allows you to determine the timing of the transition from Row Address Strobe RAS to Column Address Strobe CAS 845S AV MAINBOARD Managing the PC BI OS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable Item Help CAS Latency Time 3 Active to RENE Dela Menu Level DRAM RAS to CAS Delay DRAM RAS Precharge DRAM Data Integri ode Memo gr d or RAM Read Thermal Mgmt System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable AGP Apenure Size MB Delay Prior to Thermal DRAM RAS Precharge Time If the DRAM is not continually refreshed it s data will be lost DRAM is normally refreshed as a result of a single request This field lets you select the number of CLKs allocate for the RAS to accumulate its charge before the DRAM is re freshed If there is not sufficient time then the refresh may be incomplete and some of the data can be lost DRAM Data Integrity Mode Error Checking and Correction ECC should only be used in conjunction with a special 72 bit ECC RAM If you are using ECC RAM you should select ECC This feature will en
35. is able to support 1x 2x and 4x 1X is 266 MB s 2X is 533 MB s and 4X pro vides 1066 MB s AGP cards Top View of an AGP Slot C EEEEETETETEEEEETETEEEETETETETETETETETEEEEE EEETETEEEETETETEETETETETEETEEETETEEEETET TETETETETETTETETETEETETETETEETETLTTTETTI TEETEEEEEEEELETETETEEETETETEEEETETETETETIT TEFEEETEEFLEETETETETETTETETETEETETETETEETTETETEETETETEEEETETETEETETETETETHTETTIT 41 pins 845S AV MAINBOARD ws Hardware I nstallation 2 5 Internal Connectors 2 5 1 Floppy Disk Connector Connector CN8 FDC Type 34 pin block The FDC connector can support two floppy drives It is located at the front of the mainboard To connect use the ribbon cable that has been provided Make sure that the red strip is connected to PIN 1 of the connector 0000000000000000 Top View of a Floppy u gt 0000000000000000 Disk Drive Connector 17 Pins 2 5 2 Primary and Secondary DE connectors Connector CN9 IDE1 CN10 IDE2 Type 40 pin block The mainboard has two IDE connectors a primary and secondary Each IDE connector can support two IDE drives These mainboards can therefore sup port up to four IDE devices each If you install two hard drives you need to configure the second drive to slave mode in the BIOS setup Please refer to your hard drive manual for the appropriate jumper settings TE 000000000000000000000 gt 1000000000000000000000 Top View of an I DE Connector 2 5 3 CPU Fan and Chassis Fan
36. lease ensure that you have an approved heat sink with cooling fan Without a proper heat sink with cooling fan you will damage both the mainboard and the CPU 2 4 2 Memory Modules The mainboard has three 168 pin SDR SDRAM slots The SDR SDRAM slots are located on the right hand side of the board To install the DIMM s into these slots make sure the white lever at each side of the slot has been pulled down to an angle of approximately 45 Make sure that the DI MM s in the correct orienta tion Place the DIMM on the slot and push down firmly The white levers will come back up and lock the module in place These mainboards support 133MHz SDR SDRAM SDR SDRAM memory devices with densities of 64Mb 128Mb 256Mb and 512Mb technology x8 or x16 are sup ported by the Intel 845 chipset memory interface Three double sided DIMMs with unbuffered PC133 can be supported A maximum memory bandwidth of 1GB s is possible with PC133 Top View of a 168 pin DI MM Slot Important The DIMM s can only be fitted into the slots in one orientation Make sure that the DIMM s are in the correct orientation and the pins are cor rectly aligned before you insert them 845S AV MAINBOARD s Hardware Installation NOTE Out Of Memory Error Message If you have installed more than 512 MB of RAM and are running Microsoft Windows Mil lennium Edition Windows 98 Second Edition Windows 98 or Windows 95 you may ex perience memory problems Two symptoms of th
37. nge Set Disable Password The User Password can be used to check the user s authority However this password entry is different from the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD The User Password has a different function to the Supervisor Password and the Security Option setup in Section 3 4 A When there is the password stored in the SUPERVISOR PASS WORD 1 When Setup is selected in the Security Option When you use the User Password to log into the BIOS setup program you can only view the BIOS settings but you cannot change any settings The only setting you can change is the User Password and you can also select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and EXIT WITHOUT SAVI NG from the main menu If you use the Supervisor Password to log into the PC system you will have the complete rights to all the BIOS settings 2 When System is selected in Security Option When you turn on the PC system it will request that you enter the Password Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the operating sys tem won t be loaded B When there is no password stored in the SUPERVISOR PASS WORD 1 When Setup is selected in Security Option Users can use the User Password to log into the BIOS setup program and they can change any of the BIOS settings 2 When System is selected in Security Option When you turn on your PC you will be requested to enter the Password With out the correct password the PC system will stop and
38. oad Optimized Defaults eee na 38 3 12 Set Supervisor Password eeeeee eere rennen rennen rna 39 3 13 Set User Password sees esee rr rr rana nnnn inner uina anna 40 3 14 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 41 845S AV MAINBOARD vw 8 x 5 4 4 3 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 page 13 13 WOL Connector page 16 2 AGP Slot page 14 14 15 AUX IN VIDEO IN page 17 3 FDD Connector page 15 16 CD IN page 17 4 5 IDET IDE2 Connectors page 15 17 PC99 ATX connectors page 19 6 USB3 USB4 page 17 18 KB MS PWR ON page 21 7 PW HL RS page 18 19 Power Supply Connectors page 16 8 PWRLED SPKR page 19 20 JPU FSB page 21 9 Clear CMOS page 21 21 FAN2 page 15 10 Clear Password page 21 22 CPU Socket page 13 11 FAN3 page 15 23 FAN1 page 15 12 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 page 14 845S AV MAINBOARD Introduction PC99 ATX Connectors CN2 PS2 Mouse CN5 LPT CN18 Game Midi y CN7 USB2 CN6 USB1 CN3 COMI CN4 COM2 SPK OUT CN1 PS2 Keyboard LINE IN 1 2 1 The 845S AV Mainboard The 845S AV mainboard is a Pentium 4 SDR platform It supports a maximum memory of 2GB and comes with 4 USB ports Onboard it has six PCI slots and a 1x 2x 4x AGP slot which only supports 1 5V AGP cards The 845S AV mainboard also comes with three fan connectors for additional thermal protection and three power supply connectors It also has a WO
39. oose the EPP version you want to use We recom mend that you use EPP 1 9 for the best performance but if you do you may have some connection problems so try setting it to EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA This item allows you to select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use dur ing ECP PWRON After PWR Fail See the following table for all the options When the power returns after an AC power failure the system s power is off You must press the Power button to power on the system When the power returns after an AC power failure the system will automati cally power on When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before the power failure occurred If the system s power is off when the AC power failure occurred it will remain off when the power returns If the system s power is on when the AC power failure oc curred the system will power on when the power returns Game Port Address This field allows you to select the I O address for the onboard game port De fault is 201 Midi Port Address This field allows you to select the I O address for the onboard MIDI port De fault is 330 Midi Port IRQ This field allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard MIDI port Default is 10 845S AV MAINBOARD w Managing the PC BI OS 3 7 Power Management Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Power Man
40. pin floppy disk drive cable One Driver Utility CD If any of these items are damaged or missing please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance Technical Support If you require additional information or assistance during installation please contact your dealer Your dealer will be able to provide the lat est information 845S AV MAINBOARD vw Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Page 5 1 1 Mainboard Layout ccccccccccccccccccccccnnnnnnnnnrnnncnnnrnnnrnnarnrannnnn nr rr 5 1 2 OvervieW 6 1 2 1 Mainboard Series iii 6 1 2 2 Mainboard DIMENSIONS cece ice iiit irc 6 1 2 3 Environmental Limitations eeeeeeeen n 6 1 3 Features and Specifications eeeeseseeeeee nennen nnne 6 1 4 System Health Monitor Functions ccccccccccncncncncnenennnonennnnnnnnnrnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnna 9 1 4 1 Hardware Monitoring System Utility eee 9 14 2 Installation issit 9 1 5 System Intelligence usssssnsnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 9 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Page 10 2 1 Installation Checklist eese sees eene e eene 10 2 2 Installation Steps LLL ee ee eeee esee esee eene sennnnnnanannnunnnana 11 2 3 Expansion Cards Connectors and Jumpers ess 12 2 4 C
41. ring boot up This is a display only field You cannot make any changes to this field Base Memory Indicates the memory installed below the conventional 1MB space Extended Memory Indicates the memory installed above the 1MB space Total Memory Indicates the total memory installed in the PC system 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features This menu is on next page Virus Warning When you enable the virus warning you will receive a warning message whenever a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive If you receive such a message you should immediately run an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature only protects the boot sector and not the entire hard drive Note Disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you run such a program recommend that you first disable the virus warning CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Internal Cache External Cache This BIOS setting can be used to enable or disable the CPU s L1 primary and L2 secondary cache Quick Power On Self Test If enabled the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST will decrease A quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you disable quick POST It is better to find a problem during POST than to lose data during your work First Second Third Boot Device These fields allow you to decide the boot sequence of your bootable
42. ronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Man DPMS Support agement Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Stan dards to select video power management values Video Off In Suspend This field has two options Yes or No These options allows you to determine the way in which the monitor is switched off Suspend Type This field allows you to select the status of the CPU when the system goes into the suspend mode If you select by Stop Grant the CPU stops running com pletely by PWRON Suspend keeps the CPU Suspend Mode When enabled after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off HDD Power Down If this field is enabled after a set time of system inactivity the hard disk will be powered down while all the other devices remain active Soft Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung CPU THRM Throttling This field allows you to select the CPU Throttle rate When the CPU tempera ture is too high the onboard hardware monitoring will tell the CPU to reduce it s processing speed to the throttling speed to protect the CPU This function will not work when the CPU Warning Temperature is Disabled Wake On LAN An input signal from the LAN
43. ted to the four pin connector When you turn your system on this LED will also be turned on Top View of the Speaker and Power LED Connector 2 8 External Connectors Connector CN 1 Type 6 pin female This connector only supports a PS 2 keyboard plug If you have a standard AT size large DIN keyboard plug you need to use a mini DIN adapter 2 8 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector Connector CN 2 Type 6 pin female This connector only supports a PS 2 mouse plug If a PS 2 mouse is de tected then IRQ 12 will be directed to CN 2 2 8 3 Serial Port 1 COM 1 and Serial Port 2 COM 2 Connector CN 3 COM 1 Type 9 pin male One serial port is available for a mouse and other serial devices I O addresses used are 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H and IRQ3 IRQA selected by CMOS setup 845S AV MAINBOARD s Hardware Installation 2 8 4 Parallel Port Connector LPT Connector CN 5 Type 25 pin female This parallel port is used by printers which support the SPP EPP and ECP modes IRQ7 or IRQ5 can be se lected The ECP mode will use either DMA 3 or DMA 1 which can be se lected by the BIOS setup program Connector CN 6 USB 1 CN 7 USB 2 Type 4 pin female Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices The mainboard is also equipped with an expansion connector that supports two additional USB external connectors The USB cable is not included with the mainboard 2 8 6 Audio Game Port
44. the operation system will not be loaded 845S AV MAINBOARD vw Managing the PC BI OS 3 14 Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup PNP PCI Configuration Exit Without Saving PC Health Status ESC Quit T 1 Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS amp Exit SETUP Abandon all Data amp Exit SETUP Save amp Exit Setup This option will save all the setup values to CMOS RAM and exit the SETUP utility Move the selection bar to SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and press the Enter key then type Y and press the Enter key again The values you have en tered will be saved and all the information stored in the CMOS memory Exit Without Saving This option will exits the setup utility without saving any of the values you changed in the CMOS RAM If you do not want to save any of the changes or settings you selected in the BIOS SETUP utility move the selection bar to the EXIT WITHOUT SAVI NG option Press the Enter key Then press Y 845S AV MAINBOARD ws
45. tions option 1 and option 6 allows you to enable or disable the onboard IDE Interface 845S AV MAINBOARD v Managing the PC BI OS Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 66 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 98 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 66 select Auto to enable BIOS support USB Controller This field allows you to enable or disable the onboard USB Controller USB Keyboard Support If you are using an older legacy operating system such as MS DOS and you re installing a USB keyboard you must enable this Field For PnP O S like Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows ME etc you should retain the default setting AC97 Audio If you want to enable the on chip audio capabilities of your system you need use the default setting Auto If you install an add on sound card you must disable this field I nit Display First When both AGP and PCI VGA card are installed on a mainboard this field can be used to determine th
46. will wake up the system from a soft off state Resume By Alarm This field allows you to wake up the system at a predetermined date in the future If you select Enabled then you need to enter the date and the time at which you want the system to wake up Reload Global Timer Events When Enabled an event occurring on each device listed below will restart the global time for the standby mode Primary IDE O Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE O Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D 845S AV MAINBOARD w Managing the PC BI OS 3 8 PNP PCI Configuration Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PNP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Menu Level x IRQ Resources Press Enter Default is Disabled select PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Enbled to Reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled If you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operat ing system cannot boot then select Enabled Selecting Enabled will reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD Resources controlled By Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and
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